In common with other newspapers, an article in some editions of the paper last week cited government figures which listed Plymouth as one of a number of airports set to expand in the coming years. In fact Plymouth airport closed on December 23.

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EU or ECHR

A recent headline suggested that it is the EU which is backing a campaign to give prisoners the vote. It is in fact the European Court of Human Rights, as the article correctly stated.

Our article of June 29 reported that a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights had ‘blocked the deportation of some 200 Somali criminals’ from the UK. The 200 figure was based on a Home Office estimate that 2/3 of the 214 Somalis taking cases to the Court had a criminal background and that the remaining third included illegal immigrants, who are by definition criminals. There was also a minority of failed asylum seekers.

[This article has not been corrected on the Mail web site]

Prince William

An article on Friday said that Prince William was hoping to be promoted to captain in the RAF next year. In fact the prince, who is currently flying as a co-pilot, is hoping to become pilot of his own Sea King helicopter.